Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1 In uncompleted circles, spirals and swirls: An introduction -- 2 The present world of images: A theoretical background -- 3 Sharpening ideas on the whetting stone: Independent documentary practices, resistance and revolution -- 4 The ghost of an image: On photographs, truth and colonial violence -- 5 The uncanny destiny of 'raw' footage: The politics of image-making from analogic to digital, from filmmaking to archiving -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Index